Albatros D.IV
Role	Fighter Type of aircraft
Manufacturer	Albatros Flugzeugwerke
Primary user	Luftstreitkrafte
Number built	3 [1]

The Albatros D.IV was an experimental German fighter aircraft built and tested during World War I .

Design and development [ edit ]

The D.IV was designed to test a geared version of the 120 kW (160 hp) Mercedes D.III engine . Unlike the ungeared version, the geared engine was completely enclosed within the fuselage . The airframe basically combined the D.II wing cellule with the D.Va fuselage along with minor alterations to the rudder balance and the horizontal stabilizer . ^[1]

Three examples were ordered in November 1916, but only one was flown, which was tested with several types of propeller , but excessive vibration problems and limited performance increase precluded further development. ^{[1] [2]}

Specifications [ edit ]

Data from German Aircraft of the First World War and The Complete Book of Fighters . ^{[1] [2]}

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 7.33 m (24 ft 1 in)
• Wingspan: 9.05 m (29 ft 8 in)
• Height: 2.59 m (8 ft 6 in)
• Wing area: 20.50 m ² (220.7 sq ft)
• Powerplant: 1 × Mercedes D.III geared water-cooled in-line piston engine, 120 kW (160 hp)
• Propellers: 2-bladed wooden propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed: 165 km/h (103 mph, 89 kn)
• Range: 350 km (220 mi, 190 nmi)
• Endurance: 2 hours 12 minutes
• Rate of climb: 2.6 m/s (510 ft/min)
• Time to altitude: 5,000 m (16,404 ft) in 32 minutes

See also [ edit ]

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

• Nieuport 17

Related lists

• List of aircraft (0-A)
• List of military aircraft of Germany

Notes [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Albatros D.IV .

• Gray, Peter; Owen Thetford (1970). German Aircraft of the First World War (2nd ed.). London: Putnam & Company. ISBN   0-370-00103-6 .
• Green, William; Gordon Swanborough (September 1995). The Complete Book of Fighters (1st ed.). Smithmark. ISBN   978-0-8317-3939-3 .
• Grosz, Peter M. "The Agile & Aggressive Albatros". Air Enthusiast Quarterly , No. 1, n.d., pp. 36?51. ISSN   0143-5450
• "Albatros H.1 at Crakow" . Retrieved 2 August 2013 .